This is still a new community where we're trying to frame the discussion of a very overlooked part of the human condition: growing up with a lack of emotional nurturing and struggling to deal with the consequences later in life. Help us get things started by contributing your thoughts and inviting others to join.

Some recommended reading:

**Articles**

[Emotional Neglect and Complex PTSD](http://pete-walker.com/pdf/emotionalNeglectComplexPTSD.pdf)

[Ten Ways To Be Your Own Therapist](http://wildtruth.net/ten-ways-to-be-your-own-therapist/)

[Outline of the Internal Family Systems Model](https://ifs-institute.com/resources/articles/internal-family-systems-model-outline)

[Shrinking the Inner Critic](http://pete-walker.com/shrinkingInnerCritic.htm)

[Shrinking the Outer Critic](http://pete-walker.com/pdf/ShrinkingOuterCritic.pdf)

**Books**

[Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving](http://pete-walker.com/complex_ptsd_book.html) by Pete Walker

[How To Do The Work](http://www.harperwave.com/book/9780063012097/How-to-Do-the-Work-Dr.-Nicole-LePera/) by Nicole LePera

[The Drama of the Gifted Child](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Miller_%28psychologist%29#The_Drama_of_the_Gifted_Child_\(Das_Drama_des_begabten_Kindes,_1979\)) by Alice Miller

[Breaking From Your Parents](http://wildtruth.net/breaking-from-your-parents/) by Daniel Mackler

[Raising Myself: A memoir of neglect, shame and growing up too soon](http://healmyshame.com/books/raising-myself/) by Beverley Engel

[Running on Empty](https://drjonicewebb.com/the-book/) by Jonice Webb

[The Emotionally Absent Mother](https://theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/fall-2010/the-emotionally-absent-mother/) by Jasmin Lee Cori

**Related Subreddits**

r/AdultChildren

r/Alexithymia

r/AttachmentParenting

r/attachment_theory

r/CPTSD

r/CPTSDNextSteps

r/CPTSD_NSCommunity

r/EstrangedAdultKids

r/EmotionalEating

r/HealMyAttachmentStyle

r/InternalFamilySystems

r/LifeAfterNarcissism

r/traumatoolbox

<div class="md">This is still a new community where we&#39;re trying to frame the discussion of a very overlooked part of the human condition: growing up with a lack of emotional nurturing and struggling to deal with the consequences later in life. Help us get things started by contributing your thoughts and inviting others to join.

Some recommended reading:

Articles

<a href="http://pete-walker.com/pdf/emotionalNeglectComplexPTSD.pdf">Emotional Neglect and Complex PTSD</a>

<a href="http://wildtruth.net/ten-ways-to-be-your-own-therapist/">Ten Ways To Be Your Own Therapist</a>

<a href="https://ifs-institute.com/resources/articles/internal-family-systems-model-outline">Outline of the Internal Family Systems Model</a>

<a href="http://pete-walker.com/shrinkingInnerCritic.htm">Shrinking the Inner Critic</a>

<a href="http://pete-walker.com/pdf/ShrinkingOuterCritic.pdf">Shrinking the Outer Critic</a>

Books

<a href="http://pete-walker.com/complex_ptsd_book.html">Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving</a> by Pete Walker

<a href="http://www.harperwave.com/book/9780063012097/How-to-Do-the-Work-Dr.-Nicole-LePera/">How To Do The Work</a> by Nicole LePera

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Miller_%28psychologist%29#The_Drama_of_the_Gifted_Child_(Das_Drama_des_begabten_Kindes,_1979)">The Drama of the Gifted Child</a> by Alice Miller

<a href="http://wildtruth.net/breaking-from-your-parents/">Breaking From Your Parents</a> by Daniel Mackler

<a href="http://healmyshame.com/books/raising-myself/">Raising Myself: A memoir of neglect, shame and growing up too soon</a> by Beverley Engel

<a href="https://drjonicewebb.com/the-book/">Running on Empty</a> by Jonice Webb

<a href="https://theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/fall-2010/the-emotionally-absent-mother/">The Emotionally Absent Mother</a> by Jasmin Lee Cori

Related Subreddits

<a href="/r/AdultChildren">r/AdultChildren</a>

<a href="/r/Alexithymia">r/Alexithymia</a>

<a href="/r/AttachmentParenting">r/AttachmentParenting</a>

<a href="/r/attachment_theory">r/attachment_theory</a>

<a href="/r/CPTSD">r/CPTSD</a>

<a href="/r/CPTSDNextSteps">r/CPTSDNextSteps</a>

<a href="/r/CPTSD_NSCommunity">r/CPTSD_NSCommunity</a>

<a href="/r/EstrangedAdultKids">r/EstrangedAdultKids</a>

<a href="/r/EmotionalEating">r/EmotionalEating</a>

<a href="/r/HealMyAttachmentStyle">r/HealMyAttachmentStyle</a>

<a href="/r/InternalFamilySystems">r/InternalFamilySystems</a>

<a href="/r/LifeAfterNarcissism">r/LifeAfterNarcissism</a>

<a href="/r/traumatoolbox">r/traumatoolbox</a>
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This is still a new community where we're trying to frame the discussion of a very overlooked part of the human condition: childhood emotional neglect. Help us get things started by contributing your thoughts and inviting others to join.

<div class="md">This is still a new community where we&#39;re trying to frame the discussion of a very overlooked part of the human condition: childhood emotional neglect. Help us get things started by contributing your thoughts and inviting others to join.
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